Tōkai Station

Railway station in Tōkai, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan

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Tōkai Station

東海駅

Tōkai Station, July 2023

General information
Location| 1-1-1 Funaishikawaekinishi, Tōkai Village, Naka City, Ibaraki Prefecture 319-1116
Japan
Coordinates| 36°27′55″N 140°33′57″E﻿ / ﻿36.4654°N 140.5657°E﻿ / 36.4654; 140.5657
Operated by|  JR East
Line(s)|  Jōban Line
Distance| 130.0 km (80.8 mi) from Nippori
Platforms| 1 side \+ 1 island platform
Tracks| 3
Construction
Structure type| At grade
Other information
Status| Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Website| Official website
History
Opened| 1 April 1898; 126 years ago (1898-04-01)
Previous names| Ishigami (until 1957)
Passengers
FY2021| 3,982 daily
Services
| Preceding station  |  JR East | Following station

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Katsuta

towards Shinagawa

|  | Hitachi

(limited service)

|  | Ōmika

(limited service)

towards Sendai

| Tokiwa |  | Ōmika

towards Takahagi

Sawa

towards Shinagawa

|  | Jōban Line

Local-Futsuu

|  | Ōmika

towards Sendai

Location

Tōkai Station

Location within Ibaraki Prefecture

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Tōkai Station

Tōkai Station (Kanto Area)

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Tōkai Station

Tōkai Station (Japan)

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Tōkai Station (東海駅, Tōkai-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the village of Tōkai, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

## Lines

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Tōkai Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 130.0 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori Station.

## Station layout

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The station consists of one side platform and one island platform connected to the station building by an overhead passageway. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

### Platforms

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1,2 | ■ Jōban Line  | for Hitachi, Takahagi, Isohara, Iwaki and Haranomachi

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2,3 | ■ Joban Line
(JU Ueno-Tokyo Line)  | for Katsuta, Mito, Tomobe, Ishioka, Tsuchiura, Ueno, Tokyo and Shinagawa
■ Mito Line  | for Mito, Tomobe, Kasama, Shimodate, and Oyama

## History

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Tōkai Station was opened on 1 April 1898 as Ishigami Station (石神駅). The station was renamed to its present name on 1 April 1957. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987. A new station building was completed in July 1994.

## Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 5055 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

## Surrounding area

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* Tōkai Village Hall
* Tōkai Post Office

## See also

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* List of railway stations in Japan

## References

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1. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

## External links

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Media related to Tōkai Station at Wikimedia Commons

* Station information JR East Station Information (in Japanese)

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Stations of the Jōban Line

* (Shinagawa
* Shimbashi
* Tokyo via Ueno-Tokyo Line<<)
* Ueno
* Nippori
* Mikawashima
* Minami-Senju
* Kita-Senju
* Matsudo
* Kashiwa
* Abiko
* Tennōdai
* Toride
* Fujishiro
* Ryūgasakishi
* Ushiku
* Hitachino-Ushiku
* Arakawaoki
* Tsuchiura
* Kandatsu
* Takahama
* Ishioka
* Hatori
* Iwama
* Tomobe
* Uchihara
* Akatsuka
* Kairakuen
* Mito
* Katsuta
* Sawa
* Tōkai
* Ōmika
* Hitachi-Taga
* Hitachi
* Ogitsu
* Jūō
* Takahagi
* Minami-Nakagō
* Isohara
* Ōtsukō
* Nakoso
* Ueda
* Izumi
* Yumoto
* Uchigō
* Iwaki
* Kusano
* Yotsukura
* Hisanohama
* Suetsugi
* Hirono
* J-Village
* Kido
* Tatsuta
* Tomioka
* Yonomori
* Ōno
* Futaba
* Namie
* Momouchi
* Odaka
* Iwaki-Ōta
* Haranomachi
* Kashima
* Nittaki
* Sōma
* Komagamine
* Shinchi
* Sakamoto
* Yamashita
* Hamayoshida
* Watari
* Ōkuma
* Iwanuma
* (Tatekoshi
* Natori
* Minami-Sendai
* Taishidō
* Nagamachi
* Sendai via Tōhoku Main Line)

Freight Line

Tabata
Mikawashima
Minami-Senju

Stations served only by the Chiyoda Line through service local trains between Kita-Senju and Abiko are omitted.

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